Are displayport versions consequestial? New displayport monitor for an older computer with a displayport.

[quinnzing]

I have a computer I bought in 2012: a Lenovo Thinkcentre M91p. With added memory and a new solid-state drive, it's a great machine for my purposes.
I need a new monitor. I see there is a displayport port on my computer (I currently use the VGA) , and I would like to know if I can rely on a new monitor with a displayport connection working on this relatively older display port. I can't tell from the Lenovo specs what the version of the computer's displayport. Does it matter? I'm looking at 1080 or 1200 monitors. Thank you!

 

[getochkn]

Any displayport from 2012 should still be able to do 1080p no problem, and yes they are backwards compatible. So a Displayport 1.4 monitor would work with a 1.1 or 1.2 connection.

 

[quinnzing]

Thank you!